Playford Power Station

The Playford Power Station (which is sometimes referred to as the Playforb B Power Station or the Thomas Playford Power Station) is located in Port Augusta, South Australia. The power station, which is owned by Alinta Energy, is coal powered with four 60 Megawatt that generate a total of 240 MW of electricity.

The sole supply of coal for the Playford Power Station is from the Leigh Creek mine, 280 km to the north.

Alinta Energy, which bought the power station in 2006, describes it as being an "intermediate" supplier to the power grid.

Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 1.77 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.

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